Oscar Alache claimed his second LAPT title - Latin American Poker Tour Chile

(LAPT) . Held in the poker room of Enjoy Viña del Mar Casino, the battle recorded 410 entries with Chiles Oscar Alache topping the whole pack for a title repeat. This is actually the second LAPT Main Event win of Alache. He now breaks into the LAPTs history as the first two-time title grabber. As a reminder, he emerged victorious of the LAPT Peru Main Event in October 2014. Super talented as he is, Oscar Alache had also illuminated few days earlier as the 1st-place finisher in the PLO side event and LAPT 8Chile as well. Indeed, this poker tournament was marked by the massive presence of local poker players, 5 of whom cruised themselves into the final table: Rodrigo Quezada, Fabian Chauriye, Oscar Alache, Justo Esquivel and Rodrigo Oliver. Completing the final table were Brazilian female poker player Renata Teixeira and two Argentineans (Nacho Barbero, Javier Venegas).

Oscar Alache entered the ultimate battle second in chip count, behind Fabian Chauriye. He gradually amassed a great amount of chips to secure the lead. Rodgrio Oliver found himself out of the track after playing three hands (8th, $ 21,340). Rodrigo Quezada (7th, $ 29,480), Fabian Chauriye (5th, $ 39,620) and Justo Esquivel (5th, $ 51,460) were the next players to head to exit. Then the four remaining players would agree on a deal. Nacho Barbero, despite his impressive achievement (7th Main Event final table) fell to 4th place for $ 100,073 while his fellow Javier Venegas cashed $ 86,505 for his 3rd-place finish. Oscar Alache met Brazils Teixeira in the heads-up and eventually beat the lady for $ 131,962 of prize. As for Renata Teixeira (runner-up), she was awarded $ 113,460 as a consolation prize.